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Female assassin is captured in Florida three months after ‘casually walking up to Delia Johnson, 42, and executing her on NY street’; Claudia Banton, aka Claudia Williams, has prior arrests for kidnapping and grand larceny – Cops

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>Police captured female suspect&comma; 42&comma; in Florida three months after she &&num;8216&semi;casually walked up to single mom and executed her in front of witnesses on a street in Brooklyn&comma; NY&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>The female shooter was seen walking up to Delia Johnson&comma; also 42&comma; and shooting her point blank in the back of the head <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>Alleged shooter&comma; Claudia Banton&comma; was found Monday in downtown Jacksonville and arrested for the Aug&period; 4 killing of Delia Johnson&comma; according to the Marshals Service in Florida&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>Cops tracked Banton down after three months on the run to Jacksonville&comma; Florida&comma; 1&comma;012 miles away from where the shooting happened in Brooklyn <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>The killing in Crown Heights was caught on video and Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s mother recognized her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s killer instantly &&num;8211&semi; Cops then tracked her to an address in Jackson&comma; Florida <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5a5151"><strong>Banton&comma; who goes by two aliases&comma; Claudia Williams and Keisha Brown&comma; has four prior arrests&comma; including arrests for kidnapping and grand larceny&comma; cops said<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-left-shot-Delia-Johnson-right-point-blank-in-the-head-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394862" width&equals;"828" height&equals;"639"&sol;><figcaption><strong>New York Police Department issued this image of the moment in August when a female shooter&comma; later identified as &&num;8216&semi;family friend&&num;8217&semi; Claudia Banton&comma;&lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; walked up behind Delia Johnson&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; on a street in Brooklyn&comma; NY and shot her point blank in the back of the head&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A woman who allegedly walked up to single mom and shot her in the back of the head point blank was captured Monday by cops more than 1&comma;000 miles away&comma; after she was suspected of going on the run for three months&period; <br>Claudia Banton&comma; 42&comma; was arrested Monday by Florida law enforcement in Jacksonville after she was wanted in connection with the August killing of single mother Delia Johnson&comma; also 42&comma; in Crown Heights&comma; Brooklyn&comma; 1&comma;012 miles away&period; <br>The execution-style shooting was caught on camera and shows the moments before and after Johnson was shot while she chatted to her friends&comma; who sitting on a sidewalk stoop&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;dMSgtY26s0U" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Moment female assassin walks up to a woman and shoots her dead in New York<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Surveillance footage released by police shows a woman walk up to Johnson and shoot her in the head before nonchalantly walking back to a double-parked SUV and drive away&period;<br>The alleged shooter&comma; Claudia Banton&comma; was found Monday in downtown Jacksonville and arrested for the Aug&period; 4 killing of Delia Johnson&comma; according to the Marshals Service in Florida&period; <br>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s relatives earlier made a positive identification of the suspect after viewing the surveillance tape&period; <br>Marshals in Florida located an address Banton was associated with and conducted surveillance on her&comma; officials said&period; <br>They spotted her getting into the passenger side of a car and followed it a short distance&comma; to Main Street&comma; north of the Trout River Bridge&comma; officials said&period; <br>There&comma; they conducted a traffic stop and took her into custody&comma; officials said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Banton-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394888"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Murder suspect Claudia Banton&comma; 42&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; aka &&num;8216&semi;Claudia Williams&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Keisha Brown<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;&comma; <strong>was found Monday in downtown Jacksonville and arrested for the Aug&period; 4 killing of Delia Johnson&comma; according to the Marshals Service in Florida <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>42-year-old Banton&comma; who goes by two aliases&comma;&comma; has four prior arrests&comma; including arrests for for kidnapping and grand larceny&comma; cops said&period;<br>Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s mother Delia Barry said they knew Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s assassin as a &&num;8216&semi;family friend&&num;8217&semi; and the 42-year-old mom of a 17-year-old girl was lured to her death by a phone call&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I know her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Barry said when she saw the picture&comma; according to the New York Post&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Oh my God&comma; oh my God&comma; she used to stay with us&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She slept in my bed&comma; ate my food&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She was one of my babies too&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Berry told PIX 11 news&period; <br>Johnson was talking to a group of people in Crown Heights at around 9&period;40pm on August 4 when a blonde woman dressed in all black walked up to her from behind and shot her in the back of the head&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Related Articles&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;06&sol;female-assassin-shoots-single-mom-42-who-was-shot-dead-execution-style-on-brooklyn-street-after-they-both-attended-a-funeral-victims-family-recognized-shooter-a-family-friend-from-surveill&sol;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Female-assassin-in-NY-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"174" height&equals;"131"&sol;><&sol;a><figcaption><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;06&sol;female-assassin-shoots-single-mom-42-who-was-shot-dead-execution-style-on-brooklyn-street-after-they-both-attended-a-funeral-victims-family-recognized-shooter-a-family-friend-from-surveill&sol;">Woman shot dead execution-style on Brooklyn street by female assassin after they both attended a funeral Surveillance video of the shooting shows a the assailant&comma; casually&nbsp&semi;&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-shooting-Delia-Johnson-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394867" width&equals;"846" height&equals;"649"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Shocking video shows the female assassin raising a gun to a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk and shooting her dead&period; The victim&comma; named by police as Delia Johnson&comma; 42&comma; was speaking to a group on a stoop in Crown Heights&comma; Brooklyn&comma; when she was shot in the head<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Delia-Johnson-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394866" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"1157"&sol;><figcaption><strong>It was alleged the killer Claudia Banton and the victim Delia Johnson &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; had been at a funeral together on the same day she was shot <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Delia-Berry-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394868" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"626"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Delia Barry says she&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;very angry&&num;8217&semi; but &&num;8216&semi;doesn&&num;8217&semi;t hate&&num;8217&semi; the woman who fatally shot her 42-year-old daughter&comma; Delia Johnson&comma; in an execution-style shooting and will &&num;8216&semi;continue to pray&&num;8217&semi; for her and her family<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Johnson is seen on the video collapsing to the ground in front of horrified onlookers as her killer calmly makes her way toward a parked white car&comma; gets in the driver&&num;8217&semi;s seat and takes off from the scene&period; <br>One of Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s younger sisters&comma; Hadjah Pendley&comma; called the suspect &&num;8216&semi;a family friend who came to our family events&comma; celebrations&comma; holidays &&num;8211&semi; whatever you want to call it&comma; she came&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Barry reportedly noted to PIX 11 that the suspect and Johnson had a tumultuous friendship in recent weeks in which they would &&num;8216&semi;argue about everything&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>She now says she wants to know why Banton would murder her daughter&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Why did you slaughter her like that&quest;&&num;8217&semi; she asked&period; &&num;8216&semi;I just want to know why&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;What could she have done to you that you couldn&&num;8217&semi;t come and knock on my door and tell me&quest; I would have straightened it out for both of you all&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;You are hurting families&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Barry told the Post&period; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m in so much pain&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know what to do&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She was my baby&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Barry said&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8216&semi;This person that shot my daughter&comma; may God have mercy on your family&comma; because we put curses on ourselves when we do things&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Delia-Johnson-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394871" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"625"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Delia Johnson&comma; 42 &lbrack;L-R&rsqb;&comma; was shot and killed talking on the phone surrounded by people sitting on a stoop on a street in Brooklyn&comma; NY&comma; last August&comma; after attending a funeral for a friend&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394872" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"542"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Footage shows the assassin&comma; her purse slung over her shoulder&comma; turn and casually walk to an SUV as her victim lays dead on the sidewalk<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394877" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"468"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Delia Johnson lies dead on the sidewalk after onlookers scattered for shelter when the shots were fired&period;  Her assassin is shown getting into a getaway car <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394878" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"450"&sol;><figcaption><strong>After shooting Johnson multiple times&comma; the blonde suspect calmly returned to a parked car<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Footage shows that as Delia Johnson lays dead on the sidewalk after onlookers scattered for shelter when the shots were fired&comma; the assassin&comma; her purse slung over her shoulder&comma; turn and casually walk to an SUV as her victim lays dead on the sidewalk&period;  <br>The shooter is shown casually sliding into the driver&&num;8217&semi;s seat of the the double-parked vehicle and drive off&period; She was last seen speeding away from the scene&period;<br>Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s mother Delia Barry said they knew Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s assassin as a &&num;8216&semi;family friend&&num;8217&semi; and the her daughter was lured to her death by a phone call&period; <br>Barry noted earlier that the suspect and her daughter had a tumultuous friendship in recent weeks in which they would &&num;8216&semi;argue about everything&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Claudia-Williams-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394880" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"455"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Banton was last seen getting into the driver&&num;8217&semi;s seat and speedin<&sol;strong>g away from the scene <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mathis Johnson&comma; Delia&&num;8217&semi;s brother&comma; told the<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nydailynews&period;com&sol;new-york&sol;nyc-crime&sol;ny-crown-heights-brooklyn-shooting-victim-20210806-g6elqzspevfcjklgzqdjkysmc4-story&period;html"> NY Daily News<&sol;a>&comma; that his sister had attended a funeral for an old friend earlier that day&period; <br>The service drew hundreds of mourners&comma; and Mathis claims the suspected killer was among them&period; <br>Mathis said he saw the black-clad woman with long blonde hair at the Sealy Culyer Funeral Home&comma; about four blocks away&period; <br>Johnson was reportedly talking to some friends afterwards when she received a phone call&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She said &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ll be right back&comma;&&num;8221&semi; longtime friend Shawn Johnson&comma; 43&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;06&sol;woman-killed-in-brazen-nyc-slay-was-lured-by-phone-call-kin&sol;">revealed<&sol;a>&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Twenty minutes later&comma; somebody called me and told me she got shot&period; I told him he was lying&period; I was just standing here with her&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Delia-Barry-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394904" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"964"&sol;><figcaption><strong>An emotional Delia Barry&comma; Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; said she now wants to know why the suspect&comma; who she had welcomed into her home&comma; would summarily execute her daughter<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Delia-Johnson-and-her-daughter-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394883" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"479"&sol;><figcaption><strong><strong>Delia Johnson a single mom&comma; is survived by her daughter Chi Chi Johnson-Jenkins<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;Khadjah-Johnson-left-her-mother-Delia-Johnson-and-godsister-Aissatou-Sow-right-1-1024x685&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-394892"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Khadjah Barry&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; her mother Delia Barry&comma; and Godsister Aissatou Sow &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; are seen consoling each other after the 42-year-old was shot at close range and killed while on the phone on a street in Brooklyn&comma; NY&comma; in August&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Delia Barry said Delia Johnson&comma; her first-born child&comma; helped take care of her after she underwent surgery and would bring her food&period; <br>Another of Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s sister&comma; Khadyah Barry&comma; 28&comma; told the Post she was looking for a parking space when she saw an ambulance passing that night&comma; not realizing it was for her sister&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I ran down the street trying to get to her&comma; but by the time I got to her&comma; they took her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Khadyah recounted&comma; claiming she &&num;8216&semi;knew in my heart that somebody called her and knew what it was and set my sister up&period; Nobody can tell me otherwise&period;&&num;8217&semi; She added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;My sister didn&&num;8217&semi;t deserve that all&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Delia&&num;8217&semi;s family members said she was an entrepreneur who was raising her 17-year-old&period;  <br>Her mother also described her as her first-born child who excelled in piano and tap dancing&comma; and later took care of her as she became ill&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I will never forget when I was in so much pain and she was right there for me&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Berry recalled to the Post about a surgery she underwent&comma; and how Johnson was the first one at the hospital to help her&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I am going to miss her bringing me some food when I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t feeling well&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8216&semi;When a child can wash and clean their own mother&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s love&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;d say &&num;8216&semi;You know you get &lbrack;on&rsqb; my nerves sometimes&comma; Mommy&comma; but you know I love you&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Berry told the Post&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;d say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;You get on my nerves too&comma; but I love you too&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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